FIL World Luge Championships 1987
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The FIL World Luge Championships 1987 took place in Igls, Austria for the second time, having done so previously in 1977.
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[edit] Men's singles
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold |  Markus Prock (AUT) |
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| Silver |  Jens Müller (GDR) |
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| Bronze |  Sergey Danilin (URS) |
Prock wins Austria's first medal at the world championships since 1978.
[edit] Women's singles
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold | Cerstin Schmidt (GDR) |
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| Silver | Gabriele Kohlisch (GDR) |
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| Bronze | Ute Oberhoffner-Weiss (GDR) |
[edit] Men's doubles
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold | (Jörg Hoffmann, Jochen Pietzsch) (GDR) |
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| Silver |  (Stefan Ilsanker, Georg Hackl) (FRG) |
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| Bronze | (Thomas Schwab, Wolfgang Staudinger) (FRG) |
Hoffman and Pietszch become the first lugers to win three straight World Championship events.
[edit] Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | East Germany |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | West Germany |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Austria |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Soviet Union |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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